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Source: http://jcpa.org/plo-threat-to-end-security-coordination/
How Real Is the Threat to Cut Palestinian Security Cooperation with Israel?
(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Yoni Ben Menachem - On March 5, the PLO Central Committee decided to end security coordination with Israel. Yet Abbas' associates soon explained that this was merely a "recommendation." Abbas knows that ending security coordination with Israel will harm the Palestinians most of all. Just a few months ago, Israel rescued Abbas' rule when the Israel Security Agency apprehended an extensive Hamas network in the West Bank that had planned to destabilize the PA with a series of attacks.